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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LOSE occurs
17 times
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1.
... lose all control of his liquor consumption, ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He may
start off as a
moderate drinker; he may
or may not
become a
continuous hard drinker; but at some
stage of
his
drinking career he
begins to
lose all
control of his
liquor consumption, once he
starts to
drink.
2.
... lose his family for whom he had ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
Moreover, he would
lose his
family for whom he had a
deep
affection.
3.
... lose his fear of the alcoholic stigma, ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
4.
... lose his friends.
BB p.109,
To Wives
Maybe he is
beginning to
lose his
friends.
5.
... lose his position; you are thinking of ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
You may be
afraid your
husband will
lose his
position; you are
thinking of the
disgrace
and
hard times which will
befall you and the
children.
6.
... lose interest in selfish things and gain ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
We will
lose interest in
selfish things and
gain interest in our
fellows.
7.
... lose our fear of creditors no matter ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
We
must lose our
fear of
creditors no
matter how far we have to go, for we are
liable to
drink if we are
afraid to
face them.
8.
... lose our fear of today, tomorrow or ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
9.
... lose our job if it were known.
BB p.78,
Into Action
We have already
admitted this in
confidence to another
person, but we are
sure we
would be
imprisoned or
lose our
job if it were
known.
10.
... lose our position or reputation or face ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
We may
lose our
position
or
reputation or
face jail, but we are
willing.
11.
... lose our support.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Perhaps we had been
leaning too
heavily on
Reason that
last mile and we did not like to
lose our
support.
12.
... lose something we already possessed or would ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The
chief activator of
our
defects has been
self-
centered fear --
primarily fear that we would
lose something
we already
possessed or would
fail to get something we
demanded.
13.
... lose that good job.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
14.
... lose the old life to find one ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
You will
lose the
old life to find one much
better.
15.
... lose the remainder of his business, only ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Why, he
argued, should he
lose the
remainder of his
business, only to bring still more
suffering to his
family by
foolishly admitting
his
plight to people from whom he made his
livelihood?
16.
... lose their way.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
There will be
alluring shortcuts and by-
paths down
which they may
wander and
lose their way.
17.
... lose those fears, no matter what our ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
But as
time passed we
found that with the
help of
A.A.'s
Twelve Steps we could
lose those
fears, no
matter what our
material prospects were.
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